It's free on the government archives website, as well. Just use your search engine or 'Google it' by typing in '1940 census'. > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 00:16:25 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] 1940 Census > > Congrats Brad! I was in Jamaica New York. I think I'll wait for the every name index! Marianne Arnold > On Apr 2, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Bradford H Miter wrote: > > > The 1940 Census appears to be alive and well on Ancestry.com. It took me > > less than 5 minutes to find my family but I had a rather easy time of it. > > In 1940 we were at Fort Randolph, in the Panama Canal Zone. I started by > > selecting 'Panama Canal' from a dropdown list of States followed by the city > > 'Christobal' (other choice Panama City on the Pacific side) and then 'Fort > > Randolph' from a third dropdown list. Then I selected the enumerations > > District(s) and the very first page had my family, my father being a Captain > > at the time. We were on the same page as the commanding officer. Although > > I was only 6 at the time, I recognize a number of names of the other > > officers. We were a small community. > > > > > > > > All very exciting! > > > > Brad Miter > > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== > Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: > Troy Irish Genealogy Society > www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ > Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message